DAY 1 – CAROL’S CANADIAN CAR RACING ADVENTURE

TODAY’S HEADLINES

 

Carol and I have entered into a six-date football contract.....................more in “The Objective”.

 

Was Carol trying to start an international currency incident tonight? …………..details in “The People”.

Why do the words “Miss Vicky” prove that our daughter is not part of the “Lewis wealth” great myth? …………..details in “Rental Car Update”.

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GREETINGS FROM PARIS, ONTARIO, CANADA.

 

 

 

 

CAROL AND I WOKE UP IN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA AND WENT TO SLEEP IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA.  THIS IS WHAT TRANSPIRED TODAY.

 

PEOPLE/STRATEGY/TRAVEL NEWS

 

 

 

 

The Objective 

 

We are about to enter the post-Labor Day fall trackchasing season.  Recall, in my world of trackchasing the “fall” season runs from Labor Day to Thanksgiving.  Post Labor Day brings trackchasing conflicts for me. 

 

As I normally do, I have entered into a six-day contract with Carol to attend each of UCLA’s home football games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.  Conflicts such as these allow my fellow competitors a chance to erase some of the deficits they have accrued to date.

 

Our contract includes these game dates:

 

September 8 – Brigham Young

September 22 - Washington

October 6 – Notre Dame

October 20 – California

November 10 – Arizona State

November 24 – Oregon

 

I do have an out option on the above dates.  By agreement, I have the option to substitute a UCLA road game for any of the above home games.  That being the case I have traded the Brigham Young date for the September 15^th game at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.  You will soon learn how this plays into my overall trackchasing strategy.

 

The Trip

 

It is one thing for me to have crazy trackchasing schedules, but when I drag Trackchasing’s First Mother aka Carol along then that’s another story.  I have to give her credit, she’s a real trooper.

 

Our flight this morning departed Los Angeles International at 6 a.m.  This meant a 2:40 a.m. (San Clemente time) wakeup call.  Now I ask you.  How many of you could get your spouse or significant other to set their alarm for 2:40 a.m. so they could fly to a foreign country to go to a county fair? 

 

Nevertheless, we made our early morning flight from LA into Dallas.  After a nice lunch, it was on to Toronto.  We’ll spend five days up here and the weather forecast looks to be perfect.

 

We were scheduled to land in Toronto at 5:50 p.m.  It would be about 65 miles westward to the Paris Fairgrounds.  The Paris Fair website told me the “demolition derby” was going to start at 7 p.m.  “Demolition derby” is often code in Canada for “figure 8 racing”.  The sanctioning group, Thrill Show Productions, had a 7:30 p.m. starting time listed.  Whatever the starting time was going to be, it would be tight for us.

 

I had hoped we might land a few minutes early, planes nowadays often do.  Then I hoped we would clear customs and get our bags quickly.  Then if traffic was good, we might arrive at the fairgrounds at just past 7:30 p.m.

 

As you might imagine, the travel plan didn’t work out perfectly.  We did not arrive early, but we did arrive on time at 5:50 p.m.  Clearing customs was a breeze.  This did not take longer than 1-2 minutes.

 

Next, we waited for our bags.  Then we waited some more.  Finally, after some 45 minutes our three checked bags rolled off the conveyer belt.  It was nearly 7 p.m. when we walked over to get our rental car.  Getting to the track in time for countable racing might be difficult.

 

Even though there appeared to be several people waiting to get their cars from National Rental Car, my Emerald status allowed us to cut through the congestion.  We were soon leaving the Lester B. Pierson (Toronto) International Airport.  “Dusty” told us our ETA (estimated time of arrival) into Paris (Ontario, Canada not France) would be 8:06 p.m.  Yep!  It was going to be tight.  Often these county fair figure 8 racing events last only 60-90 minutes.

 

It was now past 7 p.m. on a Thursday night.  We were already west of Toronto city, so I figured there would not be much traffic.  Wrong!  We ran into road construction delays.  We were often completely stopped.  I could see the GPS’ ETA expanding as we sat.

 

We were lucky to have an exact address location of the fairgrounds.  I picked it up off the fairgrounds’ website.  The GPS flawlessly took us, turn by turn, to the fairgrounds parking lot.  We arrived at 8:30 p.m.  Oh, my.

 

I am happy to report the walk from the parking lot was not far to the racing location.  Prior to arriving at the fairgrounds, I had reminded Carol that we might have to make a mad dash for the grandstands once the car came to a complete stop.  Therefore, she was prepared.  We made our mad dash.  We could hear the announcer describing the racing action to the crowd.

 

As we walked into the grandstand area, the cars were being cleared from the arena floor.  The fifth figure 8 heat race had just been completed.  There was still more racing action.  We had beaten the clock again. 

 

 

 

The People

 

We had not had time to eat since lunch back in the Dallas airport.  The races finished up at 9:30 p.m. tonight.  We were getting hungry.  It was time for “fair food”.

 

This was a good-sized fair and Carol was really hungry.  Normally, I can’t get her to eat junk food or greasy food or greasy junk food.  However, when she’s hungry, she’ll eat anything.

 

We had so many choices to choose from.  Our first selection was poutine.  I have documented proof to show that I was the first trackchaser to ever enjoy poutine, a Canadian treat.  This is not to say that I was the first trackchaser to go trackchasing in Canada.  Back in 1992, at the Autodrome Granby in Quebec my step-father and I downed our first poutine.

 

Tonight’s poutine started with a large serving of fresh cut French fries.  Then cubes of mozzarella like cheese curd are sprinkled on top of the fries.  Then the entire contents is smothered in brown gravy.  Of course, it is delicious.  I was surprised to see Carol eat more than her far share as we attacked our treat with plastic forks.

 

Next up was our entrée selection.  We walked all over the fair, until we decided on some “back” bacon sandwiches.  The Canadian bacon like meat was smothered in grilled onions and mustard.  Because this food booth was closing at 10 p.m., they gave us another sandwich for free.  It was all delicious.

 

In our household, I handle our cash fiscal matters and Carol handles our cash physical matters.  I know you know the difference.  When we travel internationally, Carol keeps track of the local currency.  Once in a while, she will give me a few pieces of paper money, but I don’t like to carry change in the United States or anywhere else.

 

To prove how famished Carol was she even agreed to have some dessert.  She never eats dessert, that’s why she used to be called “the littlest trackchaser”.  We debated between having fried dough or a funnel cake.  The funnel cake won out.

 

We selected a “chocolate and cherry” funnel cake and Carol went to pay.  The charge was $7.00.  Carol fished through her Canadian coins and handed the money over to our server.  I was standing over by the fryer watching the cook dump batter into the waiting hot grease.

 

Soon I heard her server yelling, “This is only SIX dollars”.  What was his point?  Carol had given him only six dollars for our seven dollar bill.  Now the surrounding patrons were giving an evil eye toward “Trackchasing’s First Mother”.  I moved a little further away from TFM so that I might not be guilty by association.

 

Carol began to fish further into her change purse for more coins.  She handed about ten of them to the server to satisfy her debt.  I breathed a sign of relief and continued to watch our funnel cake batter soak up more grease.

 

Soon, I heard the server yelling again.  “These are nickels, not quarters!”  Was Carol at it again?  Now a crowd was starting to form around Trackchasing’s First Mother.  The crowd began to mutter.  They were saying something about ugly Americans.  This didn’t faze my young wife.  She’s accustomed to the stresses of shopping.

 

Finally, she came up with a total of seven Canadian bucks.  I have a feeling this financial confusion affected the quality and quantity of cherries and chocolate that was added to our funnel cake.  Nevertheless, we found a place to sit and eat the last point of our fair food triangle.  It was all good.

 

Based upon the confusion regarding Canadian currency did it ever cross my mind to take over the “physical” cash responsibility?  Nope!  Never.  Carol does a good job, even in circumstances that we encountered tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

STATE RANKINGS

 

This was my 23rd lifetime Ontario track.  This gives me a 9^th place position in the province.  I trail Allan Brown’s eighth place ranking by just one track.  This was Carol’s 9^th lifetime Ontario track.  She holds down 18^th position here.   P.J. Hollebrand has seen an impressive 74 different tracks in this Canadian province.

RACE REVIEW – PARIS FAIRGROUNDS (FIGURE 8), PARIS, ONTARIO, CANADA – TRACK #1,262

The temperature when we arrived at the fairgrounds was 70 degrees and declining.  This fairground has grandstand and bleacher seating circling the entire performance area.  About 30-40% of the seating was occupied.  I estimate the entire seating capacity to be 3,000-4,000.

 

Our first countable race was a six-car, sixth heat race of the night.  These cars raced around two solid poured concrete blocks.  The four-cylinder racers chewed up the dirt with their front-wheeled drive power.  With the blocks some 40-50 yards apart, there was plenty of room to race. 

 

The announcer did a fine job of informing and entertaining the crowd.  Since we were in such a rush, I did not have time to provide him with a trackchasing press release.  I looked around the crowd, but did not see any other listed trackchasers.

 

Each winner from the six heat races qualified for the “feature heat”.  They also had a consolation event for each second place finisher from the heat races.  The winner of the consolation joined the other six cars in the feature heat.

 

Just before the 15-lap feature race was to begin, they had a “rollover” contest.  A short ramp with a maximum height of four feet was used to launch the rollover cars into at least a complete 360-degree flip and sometimes more.  The crowd loved this part of the show.

 

I recognized the name “Peter Becker” from my previous Thrill Show visits.  This was my seventh Ontario province figure 8 show and Mr. Becker has won several of those features.  He’s a smart driver who avoids contact and can get around the figure 8 markers efficiently.

 

I normally shy away from being too specific about the racers I see.  I now that 99% of the more than 1,000 Trackchaser Report subscribers aren’t familiar with the local track I’m visiting and would not know “Peter Becker” from “Peter Rabbit”. 

 

Nevertheless, since Mr. Becker is such an accomplished racer I thought he was worthy of mention.  He lost a left rear tire early in the feature heat.  This slowed him some, but did not stop him since his car is powered by the front wheels.  He led the race until the last turn but encountered stalled traffic and was passed for the win.  Since we knew of Mr. Becker’s (car #51) background, it made the race more exciting to watch, even though he could garner only a second place finish tonight.

RENTAL CAR UPDATE

 

Toronto – Thursday-Tuesday (5-day rental)

 

We’ll be driving the National Rental Car Racing Ford Crown Victoria on this trip for the next five days.  I’m going to tell you right now, I’m already disappointed in this car.

 

Back in the day, we purchased a 1992 Ford Crown Victoria with about 10,000 miles on it.  The car was going to be a “kid’s car”.  Even though we had some expensive problems in the early years with that car (transmission, fuel injectors), we kept the car for more than 10 years in the family.

 

Even when daughter Kristy became a successful and well compensated attorney, she continued to drive “Vicky”.  She once, unexpectedly had to pick up “four bosses” from the New York office at the airport.  You can imagine the image a nearly 15-year old Crown Vic might provide to wealthy lawyers of the largest law firm in Los Angeles.  The right rear door didn’t open, one of the windows was stuck in the up position and the large trunk was filled with camping gear.

 

Of course, this goes to prove that we Lewis people are not “wealthy” folks as we are often portrayed by various factions of trackchasing competitors.  We are just common folk who love trackchasing.

 

Kristy would later violate one of my fatherly rules of life.  That rule would be “never sell a used car to a family member or a friend”.  Kristy sold the Crown Vic to her fiancé James for just one dollar.  Not only did she violate my rule, James is also an attorney.  Maybe I should amend the rule to read “never sell a used car to a family member, friend or an attorney”. 

 

Nevertheless, the two of them still got married.  They toyed with keeping the Crown Vic “in the family” after they each purchased new Hondas and Toyotas.  Thankfully, we think they donated the car to charity.  Kristy’s new Honda Civic (still an economical choice considering her income) now carries the name “Little Vicky”.

 

I had intended to tell you about today’s National Rental Car Racing Crown Victoria until I got off on the above tangent.  I’ll do that in the next Trackchaser Report.  I don’t think my assessment will be glowing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading about my trackchasing,

 

Randy Lewis

Alberta’s #1 Trackchaser

That’s all the news that’s fit to print from San Clemente where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all of the children are above average.

 

 

 

 

 

AIRPLANE

 

Los Angeles, CA – Dallas, TX – 1,237 miles

Dallas, TX – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 1,199 miles

 

 

RENTAL CAR – TORONTO

(1 mile = 0.625 kilometers)

 

Lester B. Pearson International Airport – trip begins

Paris, Ontario – 112 kilometers

 

 

 

 

TRACK ADMSSION PRICES:

 

Paris Fairgrounds - $10 Canadian

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

 

LIFETIME TRACKCHASER STANDINGS UPDATE:

 

There are no trackchasers currently within 100 tracks of my lifetime total. 

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California – 1,262

 

 

 

 

Other notables

 

These worldwide trackchasers are within 10 tracks (plus or minus) of Carol’s current trackchaser total.

 

 

29.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 334

 

30.  Tom Schmeh, Knoxville, Iowa – 330

 

31.  Dwight Bucks, Topton, Pennsylvania – 328

 

 

 

 

2007 TRACKCHASER STANDINGS

 

1.  Randy Lewis, San Clemente, California - 124

 

2.  Roland Vanden Eynde, Vilvoorde, Belgium - 78

 

3.  Ed Esser, Madison, Wisconsin – 75

 

4.  Mike Knappenberger, Reading, Pennsylvania – 66

 

5.  Pam Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania – 45

 

5.  Paul Weisel, Orefield, Pennsylvania – 45

 

7.  Guy Smith, Effort, Pennsylvania - 43

 

8.  Carol Lewis, San Clemente, California – 40

 

9.  Gordon Killian, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania – 36

 

10.  Roger Ferrell, Majenica, Indiana – 27

 

Tracks have been reported by 40 different worldwide trackchasers this season.

 

 

Past trackchasing reports are available at:

www.ranlayracing.com

 

 

Official trackchaser standings can be viewed at:

www.trackchaser.net

 

 

Some of the data in this report comes from www.trackchaser.net

and my Garmin GPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRACKCHASING PLANS

 

We have lots planned for this trip.  You will hear about tracks in multiple Canadian provinces, encounters with Canadian friends and some fun and unusual Canadian Trackchasing Tourist Attractions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RACETRACKS VISITED IN 2007 (** not the first time to visit this track)

 

 

1,139.  Meremere Dirt Track Club, Meremere, New Zealand - January 1

 

1,140.  Meeanee Speedway, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - January 1

 

1,141.  Top of the South Speedway, Richmond, New Zealand - January 2

 

1,142.  Woodford Glen Speedway, Christchurch, New Zealand - January 3

 

1,143.  Robertson Holden International Speedway, Palmerston North, New Zealand - January 5

 

1,144.  Taupo Motorsports Park, Taupo, North, New Zealand - January 6

 

1,145.  Waikaraka Park International Speedway, Auckland, New Zealand - January 6

 

1,146.  Angels Stadium of Anaheim (inner oval), Anaheim, California - January 13

 

1,147.  Angels Stadium of Anaheim (outer oval), Anaheim, California - January 13

 

1,148.  West Valley Speedway, Surprise, Arizona - January 14

 

1,149. Sandia Motorsports Park (road course), Albuquerque, New Mexico - January 28

 

1,150. Grand Prix De Lanaudiere, Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada – February 3

 

1,151. Ste-Eulalie Ice Track, Eulalie, Quebec, Canada – February 4

 

1,152. St Guillaume, St Guillaume, Quebec, Canada – February 4

 

1,153. Caldwell Rodeo Arena, Caldwell, Idaho – February 10

 

1,154. Balsam Lake Ice Track, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin – February 18

 

1,155. Northeast Pond Ice Track, Milton, New Hampshire – February 24

 

1,156. Lee Pond Ice Track, Moultonborough, New Hampshire – February 25

 

1,157. New Hendry Country Speedway, Clewiston, Florida – March 3

 

1,158. Florida Sports Park, Naples, Florida – March 4

 

1,159. Honeoye Lake Ice Track – Road Course, Honeoye, New York – March 10

 

1,160. Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, Texas – March 16

 

1,161. Houston Motorsports Park, Houston, Texas – March 16

 

1,162. Dawgwood Speedway, Chatsworth, Georgia – March 17

 

1,163. Toccoa Speedway, Toccoa, Georgia – March 17

 

1,164. Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee – March 18

 

1,165. Malden Speedway, Malden, Missouri, Tennessee – March 23

 

1,166. Dacosa Speedway, Byhalia, Mississippi – March 24

 

1,167. Swinging Bridge Raceway, Byram, Mississippi – March 24

 

1,168. Florence Motor Speedway, Florence, South Carolina – March 25

 

1,169. Foothills Raceway, Easley, South Carolina – March 30

 

1,170. Mileback Speedway, Gray Court, South Carolina – March 30

 

1,171. Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida – April 1

 

1,172. Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas, Nevada – April 8

 

1,173. Huntsville Speedway, Huntsville, Alabama – April 13

 

1,174. Low Country Kartway, Aynor, South Carolina – April 14

 

1,175. Dillon Motor Speedway, Dillon, South Carolina – April 14

 

1,176. Valley Dirt Riders, Berthoud, Colorado – April 15

 

1,177. Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California – April 22

 

1,178. Sertoma Speedway, Tularosa, New Mexico – April 27

 

1,179. Sandia Motorsports Park (outer oval), Albuquerque, New Mexico – April 28

 

1,180. Sandia Motorsports Park (inner oval), Albuquerque, New Mexico – April 28

 

1,181. Hollywood Hills Speedway, San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico – April 29

 

1,182. Meridian Speedway, Meridian, Idaho – May 11

 

1,183. Diamond Mountain Speedway, Vernal, Utah, Idaho – May 12

 

1,184. Rocky Mountain Raceways (oval), Salt Lake City, Utah – May 12 

 

1,185. Rocky Mountain Raceways (figure 8), Salt Lake City, Utah – May 12

 

1,186. Modoc Speedway, Modoc, South Carolina – May 18

 

1,187. Possum Kingdom Super Speedway, Belton, South Carolina – May 19

 

1,188. Laurens County Speedway, Laurens, South Carolina – May 19

 

1,189. Fairplex at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California – May 20

 

1,190. Lowes Motor Speedway (inner oval), Concord, North Carolina – May 24

 

1,191. Lowes Motor Speedway (road course), Concord, North Carolina – May 24

 

1,192. Madison International Speedway (inner oval), Oregon, Wisconsin – May 25

 

** Madison International Speedway (outer oval), Oregon, Wisconsin – May 25

 

1,193. Thunderbird Stadium (figure 8), Bremerton, Washington – May 26

 

1,194. Thunderbird Stadium (oval), Bremerton, Washington – May 26

 

1,195. Whispering Pines Motorsports Park, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada – May 27

 

1,196. Magic Valley Speedway, Twin Falls, Idaho – May 28

 

1,197. Owyhee Motorcycle Raceway Park, Boise, Idaho – June 1

 

1,198. Race City Motorsports Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,199. Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,200. Castrol Raceway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,201. Hidden Valley Motorsports Park, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada – June 2

 

1,202. Boyd’s Speedway, Ringgold, Georgia - June 8

 

1,203. Fayette County Fairgrounds, Washington Courthouse, Ohio - June 9

 

1,204. Brush Creek Motorsports Park, Pebbles, Ohio - June 9

 

1,205. Brown County Speedway, Russellville, Ohio - June 9

 

1,206. Vinton Speedway, Vinton, Ohio - June 10

 

1,207. Hilltop Speedway, Millersburg, Ohio - June 10

 

1,208. I-70 Speedway – dirt (outer oval), Odessa, Missouri - June 13

 

1,209. L A Raceway, La Monte, Missouri - June 14

 

1,210. Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Missouri - June 22

 

1,211. Jamaica Raceway, Jamaica, Iowa - June 23

 

1,212. Calhoun County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Rockwell City, Jamaica, Iowa - June 23

 

** Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa – June 23 (new for Carol only)

 

** Iowa Speedway (outer oval), Newton, Iowa, Iowa – June 24 (new for Carol only)

 

1,213. Butler Motor Speedway, Butler, Missouri - June 24

 

** Peoria Speedway, Peoria, Illinois – June 25

 

1,214. Kart Kanyon Raceway, Aztec, New Mexico - June 30

 

1,215. Aztec Speedway, Aztec, New Mexico - June 30

 

1,216. Sunvalley Speedway, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada – July 1

 

1,217. Georgetown Speedway, Georgetown, Delaware – July 6

 

1,218. Delmarva Motorsports Park, Middleford, Delaware – July 6

 

1,219. Hunterstown Speedway, Hunterstown, Pennsylvania – July 7

 

1,220. Shippensburg Speedway, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania – July 7 (Randy only)

 

** Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Maryland – July 7 (new for Carol only)

 

1,221. Blanket Hill Speedway, Whitesburg, Pennsylvania – July 8

 

1,222. Lincoln County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Troy, Missouri – July 13

 

1,223. Pike County Speedway, Pittsfield, Illinois – July 13

 

1,224. Iowa Speedway (road course), Newton, Iowa – July 14

 

1,225. Mitchell County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Osage, Iowa – July 14

 

1,226. Scott County Fairgrounds (oval), Scottsburg, Indiana – July 15

 

1,227. Barry Expo Center (figure 8), Hastings, Michigan – July 16

 

1,228. Lycoming County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Hughesville, Pennsylvania, Michigan – July 17

 

1,229. Delaware County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Muncie, Indiana – July 18

 

1,230. Delaware County Fairgrounds (oval), Muncie, Indiana – July 18

 

1,231. Van Buren County Youth Fairgrounds (road course), Hartford, Michigan – July 19

 

1,232. High Banks Speedway (oval), Philpot, Kentucky – July 20

 

1,233. High Banks Speedway (figure 8), Philpot, Kentucky – July 20

 

1,234. SOIL MX, Bone Gap, Illinois – July 21

 

1,235. Western Kentucky Speedway, Madisonville, Kentucky – July 21

 

** Windy Hollow Speedway (oval), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 23

 

1,236. Windy Hollow Speedway (small figure 8), Owensboro, Kentucky – July 21

 

1,237. Teton County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Jackson, Wyoming – July 26

 

1,238. Gallatin International Speedway, Belgrade, Montana – July 27

 

1,239. BMP Speedway, Billings, Montana – July 28

 

1,240. Sweetwater County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Rock Springs, Wyoming – July 31

 

1,241. Washington County Fairgrounds (oval), Washington, Kansas – August 3

 

1,242. Maxville Fire Department Figure 8 Course, Maxville, Iowa– August 4

 

1,243. Carroll County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Coon Rapids, Iowa– August 4

 

1,244. Iowa Speedway (temporary inner oval), Newton, Iowa– August 5

 

1,245. Sarpy County Fair & Rodeo Arena (figure 8), Springfield, Nebraska – August 5

 

1,246. Newaygo County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Fremont, Michigan – August 6

 

1,247. Newaygo County Fairgrounds (road course), Fremont, Michigan – August 7

 

1,248. Shiawassee County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Corunna, Michigan – August 8

 

1,249. Tioga County Fairgrounds (figure 8), Wellsboro, Pennsylvania – August 9

 

1,250. Coopersville Festival Grounds (road course), Coopersville, Michigan – August 10

 

1,251. Winston Motor Speedway, Rothbury, Michigan – August 10

 

1,252. Jackson Speedway (dirt oval), Jackson, Michigan – August 11

 

1,253. Springport Motor Speedway, Springport, Michigan – August 11

 

1,254. Double X Speedway, California, Michigan – August 12

 

** Thunderhill Speedway, Mayetta, Kansas – August 13

 

1,255. RPM Speedway, Hays, Kansas – August 14

 

1,256. KAM Raceway, Hastings, Nebraska – August 24

 

1,257. Motorsport Park Hastings, Hastings, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,258. Boneyard Park (figure 8), Edgar, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,259. Lincoln County Raceway (inner oval), North Platte, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,260. Lincoln County Raceway (outer oval), North Platte, Nebraska – August 25

 

1,261. Dirtona Raceway, Hugoton, Kansas – August 26

 

1,262. Paris Fairgrounds (figure 8), Paris, Ontario, Canada – August 30